This year marks Behance’s 10 year anniversary. By sharing your work, you’ve inspired millions of other creatives
around the world. As a celebration of our creative community, let’s journey back to where it all began.

We launched
Adobe Portfolio
in 2016 to help creatives show their best work in an easy-to-customize website. Since its launch, we’ve seen our
members take their creative portfolios, and careers, to new heights.

“In 2007 I went out on my own and became a self-employed freelancer. Then the global financial crisis hit,
which made it pretty bad timing. All my existing clients completely dried up and I had a second baby on the way.
With no income coming in, I was invisible to the rest of the world and I needed to make a plan to get my name
out there. It was posting my work to Behance that eventually paid off when out of the blue I
received my first overseas enquiry. That then started a string of enquiries that to this day has helped me open
up my clientele to an international market.”

“I’m happy and proud to say that I began as a freelancer in 2008 by publishing my Behance portfolio. At the
moment, I am a Creative Directress—as I like to call myself—and founder of my petite & valuable studio of
5 girl designers.

I believe women leading creative companies are much needed in our industry. Now that I am a new mom to my
13-month-old boy, I know this is possible thanks to creative platforms like Behance.”

“I publish a project every month on Behance and when I published my MIMIC Project (Picasso
Painting Reimaged) on Behance, it became viral in a few hours— I have exhibited my MIMIC Project at 6 galleries
since then! I have found Behance as a dominant platform in the world and it gives us the opportunity to interact
with high profile professionals.”

“It was a huge year for me—I mean really huge! I got to design the
splash screen for Photoshop CC 2017, and my tutorial on Behance for that splash screen made a lot of buzz. Everyone was talking about my Behance
and they shared it everywhere, in every newspaper in Egypt and the Middle East!”

“Most creatives can relate: there was a point in time where I felt all my creative power being taken away from
me, so I left the agency life and started freelancing. All of my freelance work and passion projects were
uploaded onto Behance and it felt like followers and messages were flooding my inbox overnight.
Behance turned my freelance gig into a full-time success, and I am now running my own creative
studio in Brooklyn.”

“Four years ago, when my Agricultural 3D infographics project became viral on Behance and then got featured
almost everywhere, I left my boring office job to be the captain of my own pirate ship in the sea full of gem
opportunities.

The most amazing thing about Behance — it erases the boundaries. I’m a self-taught artist
living in a small town in Russia, but thanks to Behance I got the chance to work with major brands,
collaborating with amazing teams around the world.”